Development Fund 2026/27 – EOI closes 21st October
As part of the national drive to increase community-based nursing placements, funding has becoming available from NHS England South East, Workforce Training & Education Directorate.
Funding is available at £2,860 per eligible placement unit, and organisations may apply for more than one unit. A funded unit is one learner start involving at least 37.5 hours of practice learning as part of an approved pre-registration nursing programme.
Please see attached: Community Nursing Placement Capacity Development Fund 2026/27Frequently Asked Questions for full details
The funding can be used for the placement on-boarding process and could include:
- Time and resources required for allocated student leads to meet with the university representatives, complete the compliance requirements such as the approval tool, prepare student packs, placement planners and feedback processes.
- Time/expenses for team members to attend Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor preparation sessions.
- Time and resources for preparing and supporting other team members.
- Time and resources for preparing service users/residents/relatives etc.
- Provision of learning resources such as student packs, display boards and materials, a dedicated learner laptop.
- Updates to websites to share and promote that you are a placement provider.
Who may apply – we have identified within your PCN, practices that maybe eligible:
- Eligible community-based organisations, including charities, hospices, care homes, social care providers, independent providers, voluntary or community organisations, community interest companies, and primary care providers.
- Delivery sites that hosted no pre-registration nursing placements, or fewer than five learner starts, during the relevant baseline period 2024/25,
- Organisations that can evidence that the proposed capacity is genuinely additional and is not funded through another route.
- Collaborative applications. One eligible organisation must act as lead applicant and accountable body.
- Collaborativeapplications
The lead organisation must submit the application, enter into the funding agreement, receive and account for the funding, coordinate delivery partners, and provide monitoring and assurance information. The application must identify every delivery partner and site, their responsibilities, and the funding allocated to each partner.
The proposed placement capacity must also be genuinely additional and must not be funded through another route.
Supervisors
- Each site must have either 2 Practice Assessors (Nurses) or 1 Practice Assessor (Nurse) and 1 Practice Supervisor (Registered Healthcare Professional)
- To assess training please see PA/PS training email attached
The EOI opens on 23 September 2026 and closing date on 21 October 2026 at 11:59 pm.
| Action | Instructions |
| Request an application pack | Email england.wte.nursingandmidwifery@nhs.net with the subject line EOI application pack request, marked for the attention of Annmarie Sanderson. The application pack will include frequently asked questions. |
| Submit a query | Email england.wte.nursingandmidwifery@nhs.net, marked for the attention of Annmarie Sanderson. |
| Submit a completed application | Email the completed application to england.wte.nursingandmidwifery@nhs.net with the subject line Nursing Community Placement EOI, marked for the attention of Annmarie Sanderson. |
Please do keep us informed of any applications and their outcomes and if you would like support with your application, please contact: kmicb.kmpcth@nhs.net
